Researchers use Instagram mask selfies to improve biometric facial recognition algorithms
Some facial biometrics developers fear the COVID-19 pandemic will affect their business, as the number of people wearing masks has…
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Google data privacy suit alleging violations from voice AI training partially dismissed
A data privacy lawsuit against Google over the speech recognition processes used by its voice assistant services has been partially…
Trueface argues advantage of single model approach as mask detection added to face biometrics
In the midst of a series of announcements about biometric facial recognition systems being upgraded to detect if people are…
SAFR reports biometric recognition algorithm adapts to work with masks
Performance accuracy of SAFR biometric facial recognition technology from Real Networks is not affected by people wearing masks to protect…
Alibaba explains development of facial biometric access control system for people wearing masks
Alibaba has trained an “eye recognition” algorithm along with a mask detection model to perform biometric identification of people wearing…
Researchers find major demographic differences in speech recognition accuracy
Research indicates that speech recognition technology from the world’s leading consumer technology brands performs with different degrees of accuracy for…
Seeing is identifying — new border protection systems train how to spot impostors
Looking is not always seeing, and the difference between the two can be problematic for U.S. Customs and Border Protection…
Facial recognition researchers look for a culprit in gender inequality, come up empty
A group of researchers has looked at possible reasons that biometric facial recognition accuracy is different for men and women,…
Facebook pays users for their voice recordings to improve speech recognition tech
After it was caught in the act of secretly transcribing voice recordings without user consent, Facebook is officially upgrading its…
Google responds to limitations of gender labels in facial analysis by removing them to avoid bias
Google has removed gender labels from its Cloud Vision API to avoid bias or misclassification of people with its facial…
